Coin stacking and packing device.



M. B HINDS & H. A. S'KmNER. com STACKING AND PACKING DEVlCE. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 29 1916.

PatentedSept. 24,1918.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEI- I l'aELvnt n. KINDS, or mmmonn, AND HENRY A. sxmmm, or MAIDEN, MABSAGHII- sn'rrs; sun sxmzmn ASSIGNOB To sum nnms.

COIN STACKINd'AN DPACKING DEVICE.

3111mm, citizens of the Sathusetts, Massachusetts, respectively, have inventednew'and useful Improvements in I r Coin Stacking and. Packin Devices, of

whiehthe following is aspeci canon,

This"invention'relates to a; coin stacking and p'ackingdevice, wherebybcoineof any certain denomination, and'izfggrega ng Iany given amount, may be quickly and iently collected; stecked end weep I The object of the'inv'ention vide a. simple eflicient and inexpen vm yt N iently appliedrtd e c ter or ble,- goes to receive coins coil ted and aesemhle same in the form of'a tack and simultaneously deposit the coins in a wrappenwhich may be conveniently removed and sealed.

PA -further object ofthe" invention is to provide a: device of this character whlch may be used inconnection izvith stacking and,

wrapper holding tubes of diflerent sizes for coins of differentdenominations, whichbmey economicol inconstruction toadapt it tobe "manufactured and sold at sniall coet for'the beJapplied touteble or counter in such a manner as to leave theyhands of theoperator'free to count and shove therein the coins to be'stacked, and which is sufficiently use of small-banks and stores" which do not have a sufiicientvolumeof business to eir v rent the purchuiw of -large and expensive sorting and stacking devices. J

The invention consistent the features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter; fully described and claimed, reference being had to the accompenying drawing in which Figure -1 is a top plan view showing the device applied for use to a table or counter,

- a portion of the table or counter being shown.

Fig. 2 1s a section. on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

. Fig. 3 is a rear perspective view of the hogper detached. I I I t 1g. 4 is :1 VIEW showing in section a series of stacking tubes adapted for interchenge able use with the hopper.

In carrying the invention into practice we provide a hopper or receptacle 1, of ob spe imen 01mm Patent. II P t t t, 24, 913', .l .1 Q

Application filed December 28, 1918. Serial No 139,836. I I I I I at its top; so that its upper edge/"ii:

I a pair of rspnced rabutnient lugs 6 extend projectingtbeyond the edge of the counter P i n along the lengthof the "table I fl f use. l :1

whereupon by tilting the hopper downwardlg I the hooked arms to support the hopper in 105 hhpper, it will heunderstood that it may lon; rectangular formut its described. I l i v l The rear wall 4 of the hopperis nemy be 0W the plane of the front wal1 5 of the hoppar, and said. rear .Wall Lieprovided1u ith"' horizontally and rearwnrdly therefroin' nn end walls 7 of t e hopper ere also cut Rival attheirrear portions "adjecent to the en of the upper edge of the wall 'to provide receiving 3 ac'esfi, and said walle arefu l the]: pro'vi .ed with supporting arms' orvpr y ect1on,s9 disposed beyond the, ends jo rf' he 15* j upperedge of the wall 4 end provided w! down-turned flhnges or hooks 10. The hopper is adapted to beep lied f use upon one of the ma sor fed geeof counter oitehle 11, to which end a su' po 0 mg plutem is provided, s'ecured'tdt e u dlihldf} of thelcounter or table byTsuit fastjemngefi and having itsiorwerdfedge or table and extending upwardly in t form of e, flange 14 to form c; chunnel g grooved gu IIdeyvay 15. This plate and he w groovedflguidewey or channel formed-there by may beef any suitable length; so'athot th f hopper-may be slidably adjusted to difiel 'e In applying the be per, the hopper isdi posed at such an ang eels tohringthe edge. of; its rear wallundthe abutrnent lugs 9 beneath the supporting plete and the'hooked arms 9nhovc the channel or 'guideway 15,

end rearwardly the hopper will be disp 1n position for use. In suchtp psitiop, itwill' 1 be seen that the hooked urine WiIP'i'es't u on and engage the guidewa'yf while the a ut-' ment lugs will extend under the table and bear thercagainst and thus cooperate with position close fproxirnlty to the adjacent edge opniargin o the counter or table. By reyere tilting and upwerdmotion of the be disconnected from the counter or table, so

an ing tubes 3 of di that it maybe removed. and stored away when its use is not desired. By sliding the hopper in positio'rffrom either end of the may provide coins of (liflerent diameters and denominations, or .for stacking different amounts of coins of thesarne denomination. Each of these tubes is provided with an enlarged orexpanded mouth portion 16 at its up er end, which .is 'ad-apted to fit within the is-' charge outlet 2 of thehopper, and has its marginal edge 17 slightly out-turned or flared to rest u on a beveled abutment surface 18 at the ase of the hopper immedi= vately above the outlet 2, whereby the tube 3 is adapted to be inserted downwardly from above into receiving position and to be supported by the edge 17 restin against the surface 18'. The lower end 0 each tube is also provided with an out-turned portion 19 to facilitate the insertion and removal ofwrappers 2O made'of paper or'other suit-- ab1e,material, and in which the coins I are designed to be stacked and wrapped in prescribed amounts. -Each tube 3 is further rovided with an internal shoulder 21 to imit the upward insertion of the wrapper 20. V Each wrapper 20-is of'tubular form, and adapted to hesuitably folded and closed at its upper and lower ends. By the use of wrappers of different sizes in connection with tubes of different sizes coins of difler ent denominations, aggregating any given amount, ma b'e stacke or filed within each wrapper an sealed, and the amount marked 1n any suitable mannei'i'upon the wrapper.

' In the use of the device, it willbe understood that it is applied in the stated manner to the edge of a table or counter on which.

the operation of counting and stackin is to be performed, the device bein convenient reach of the operator, w o, as. he counts the coins, may sweep or shove them into the hopper, from which they will fall in proper order into the inserted wrapper wit in 20. This wra per 20 is'inse'rted intothestacking tube rom below, and its'lower end may be preliminarily folded or closed, "and after the prescribed number of coins have been deposited therein the wrapperma be' withdrawn and its upper'end folde or closed, thus confining the stack or column of coins against loss or displacement.

As be fore stated, the device may be removed-from the table or counter whenever desired and ably connected with the hopper and adapted to receive a coin wrapper, and spaced lugs and projections carried by the hopper for detachably connecting said hopper with the edge of a counter or table.

2. A device of the character described comprising a hopper, sets of holding devices upon the hopper for tiltablyand deta'chably' connecting it with a support, the said sets of devices extending from the hopper at points lying in different planes, and a stacking tube detachably connected with the hopper.

In testimonywhereof we afiix our signatures.

MELVIN B. HINDS.

. HENRY A. SKINNER. 

